"Show Me the Website!"

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By Brian Linder

When you seen Cuba Gooding Jr. on screen do you still have trouble remembering that he's not his character from Jerry Maguire?¿ Well, you're not the only one.¿ Cuba recently told the folks at TV Guide Online about a funny thing that happened on the set of Pearl Harbor.¿ Gooding says, "I was acting my heart out in an intense combat scene in the middle of the harbor.¿ I was surrounded by about 1,200 men, 700 of them playing dead. There were explosions, so much smoke you could barely see, and we were being dive-bombed by Japanese fighter planes. At one point, there was a little lull in the action, and a voice from somewhere cut through all the noise yelling, 'Show me the money!' All the dead and dying extras totally broke up. I'm like, 'Kill that guy!'"

Gooding goes on to mention that he's joined the cast of Jerry Zucker's ensemble comedy,Rat Race, which is currently lensing.¿ Gooding joins John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Dave Thomas, Kathy Najimy, and Jon Lovitz in the off-beat comedy.¿ When asked what it's like working with Zucker, whose credits include Airplane!, Naked Gun, Ruthless People, and Ghost, Gooding says, "It's been an interesting shoot.¿ You never know what's coming from Jerry. In my most memorable scene, I'm being chased down a highway by 40 Lucille Ball impersonators, full sprint. And I thought diving for Men of Honor was physical!"¿ Men of Honor, Gooding's latest film, opens in theaters everywhere this weekend.

In other Pearl Harbor news, the teaser for the Official Pearl Harbor Site has gone online.¿ According to the teaser page, the full website is coming on December 7th, a day that will live in infamy.